T. Kenji Sugahara
Just as a heads up- if you live in Washington County- an action item
for today especially if you mountain bike.
http://nw-trail.org/act-today-washington-county-residents/
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From:
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Fw: ODF management and recreation
To: kenji@obra.org
VERY IMPORTANT!
I am not good at putting the ���most important points / contacts���
together. Could you post.....the W. Co. Comm. is meeting tomorrow.
Further down is an email that explained it best to me. We already
lose large amounts of trail each year as forests are harvested. North
side in scappoose was just harvested!
ron
From: Andy Jansky
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 10:26 PM
To: Mike Estes ; Ron and Dorothy Strasser
Cc: Chris Rotvik ; Ben McCormack ; Barrett - Single Track ;
TillamookSF@nw-trail.org ; Ted Dodd
Subject: Re: ODF management and recreation
Ron copied here is an OBRA member and frequent poster and helps us get
the word out.
Thanks
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Mike Estes wrote:
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> https://twitter.com/m_estes/status/823734508511858689
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> I put the word out myself.......mentioned a few bike teams.
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> Anyone an OBRA member? Posting info on their chat boards reaches over 5,000 Oregon bike racers. I'm not, so I cannot post.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Chris Rotvik wrote:
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> News post on website @ http://nw-trail.org/act-today-washington-county-residents/, FB and Twitter posts generated.
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> Rock and roll!
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> Chris
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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Chris Rotvik wrote:
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> I���ll distill this and draft a news item for the website; the better value is the Facebook post that will come from it.
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> Chris
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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Ben McCormack wrote:
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> Hi Barrett,
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> Thank you for sending this along.
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> I drafted and sent a message to my commissioner and the chair. I won't be able to make the meeting tomorrow myself.
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> Tillamook LST - Any of you Washington County Residents interested in and able to attend tomorrow to?
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> Chris - What do you think about putting something on the website?
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> Best,
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> Ben
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> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Barrett - Single Track wrote:
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>> Hi Ben,
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>> Joe reminded me to hit the Tillamook LST with this note. This issue requires a comment make it to the Commissioners either today or tomorrow by close of business. Washington County hopes to make a decision on Wednesday.
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>> Thanks for reading up and getting as many people on board as you see fit.
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>> Barrett Brown
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>> 503-647-6499
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>> From: Joe Rykowski [mailto:joer@nw-trail.org]
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 12:08 PM
>> To: Barrett, Susan and Reid Brown
>> Subject: Re: ODF management and recreation
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>> Barrett, use the new "LST" contact email for Tillamook State Forest. Go to nw-trail.org and find the page about Local Stewardship Teams. Click the icon for TSF team on map to see email address. It goes to current active leaders for that team. There's about 6 for TSF.
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>> Also cc News@nw-trail.org to request it go out in newsletter for Feb.
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>> On Jan 23, 2017 10:04 AM, "Barrett - Single Track" wrote:
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>> Hey Joe, Andy,
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>> In thinking about how to get the word out to Washington County residents who have an interest in the Tillamook, you two made the list so far. Hurray for you guys! An issue popped up before Washington County Commissioners this week that could use some input from residents. A couple minutes to send two lines of text to Bob Terry (in your case, Joe) - including that you���re not necessarily tree hugger ��� would make a difference. (They���re hearing from a few conservation advocates already, but not enough from recreation advocates.) Below is a note I banged out to send to a handful of people I know, and looking for more. The Commission Chair doesn���t think residents care (much) about recreation out there, so I hope he hears from a few of us. Andy, I think you���re just outside the County line, but this is kind of a rapid response situation that will fit the NWTA���s mission, so thought you might be interested in following the topic, and maybe getting it in the hands of at least a couple of Washington County residents.
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>> Portland Tribune article on the Washington County���s upcoming decision about suing Oregon Department of Forestry: Portland Tribune article
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>> After interviews for this article, and doing addition research, the Tribune published their editorial board position, here: Portland Tribune editorial board position statement
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>> Who is your Washington Commissioner?
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>> Contact your Washington County Commissioner
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>> Not many of us have extra time to get up to read up and act on public policy issues these days, but you might find it���s worth doing when it comes to the Tillamook State Forest and what it means to Washington County residents. Your Washington County Commissioner needs to hear your opinion by phone or email, either today or tomorrow. It���d also be meaningful, and very helpful to the Commission, as a whole, if you could speak for two minutes at the regular Washington County Commission meeting this Tuesday, the 24th at 6:30 PM.
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>> In 1998, Oregonian lawmakers passed (and Oregon citizens have, subsequently, repeatedly, affirmed) a legal definition for Greatest Permanent Value; a term that is to shape the development and implementation of Oregon Forest Management Plans. The term, as defined in law, calls for "Healthy, productive and sustainable forest ecosystems that over time and across the landscape provide a full range of social, economic and environmental benefits." The term ���social benefits��� refer to the many recreation, education and interpretation benefits that we all enjoy on the forest.
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>> The group of ���Forest Trust Lands��� Counties receiving revenue from the Tillamook State Forest are suing the Oregon Department of Forestry for 1.4 billion dollars, claiming that the intended meaning of GPV (Greatest Permanent Value) was that the land should be managed for the maximum flow of timber revenue to these Counties.
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>> Were the claimant���s definition of GPV to prevail, recreation opportunities that Oregonians cherish would not be able to compete for resources. Furthermore, the hidden timber-revenue pot of gold promised in this lawsuit does not exist. When they find that out, recreation users like dirt bikers, fisherman, horseback riders, rafters, four wheel drive enthusiasts, hunters and hikers will be left behind to make up the budget difference, or, more likely, face being locked out of the forest entirely. Why change a balanced plan that is working to deliver so much, to so many Oregonians and Oregon tourist visitors? I don���t like living here because it���s next to a gated industrial timber farm, I like living here because my neighbors and I cooperate to improve our communities, as a whole. We work together to protect and enjoy these awesome recreation resources, right next door, ALONG WITH growing and harvesting lots of timber, WHILE improving and protecting clean water and important fish and wildlife habitat ��� all together, in balance. We know what and use through litigation looks like ��� see Federal forests and private lands. Gates, lawsuits, wilderness lock-outs, burning forests.
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>> Right now, trails, and recreation resources and activities are seen by the handful of County Commissioners bringing this class action suit as a nuisance - a wasteful distraction from generating the most timber revenue possible. Our trails and facilities are nickel and dimed out of their meager budget dollars. Even now, money that Tillamook County (the largest County in timber acres) makes off of an individual timber harvest isn���t shared to pay for the damage that that logging does to trails in the area. Great new projects are denied because the County won���t share one more dollar to keep up with the exploding public demand for outdoor recreation, even though trails and outdoor recreation diversify our economy and are such a powerful economic engine for our local economy. These are the kind of values that this suit hopes to write into law. If you disagree please let your commissioner know.
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>> It absolutely does not matter how well crafted, articulate or perfectly spelled your note is. It doesn���t have to be more than a couple of lines. Give them a very short family story or history; let them know if you want Washington County to opt out of the suit or sit by and stay in the group that is suing ODF; leave them with an impression of how important you feel about it. This same advice applies for any short, two minute comment you might choose to make to the Board of Commissioners, in person, this Tuesday evening.
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>> Thanks for reading, and thanks for letting your representatives know how you feel about State Forest values.
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>> Barrett
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Kenji Sugahara
Executive Director
Oregon Bicycle Racing Association
Phone: 503-278-5550
http://www.obra.org